Received by e-mail (I plan to attend) Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, reception to follow CLE credit available To Be or Not to Be: The Convergence of Halacha, Law and Medicine in Matters of Death and Dying We live in an era in which cost-cutting in hospitals is now having a […]
My co-blogger, Avrohom Gefen, recently won an interesting case, Felix Storch Inc. vs. Martinucci Desserts USA Inc., that was published yesterday in the New York Law Journal. The case was decided on January 31, 2011. The reported facts are as follows. Plaintiff, Felix Storch, sold commercial refrigerator units to Martinucci Desserts on credit. Martinucci went out of […]
A judge in Brooklyn ruled that a Rabbi’s unsworn affirmation, as well as a transcript of his deposition testimony, which was affirmed but not sworn to, was not admissible as evidence. The judge acknowledged that under CPLR 2309, “[A]ny person who, for religious or other reasons, wishes to use an affirmation as an alternative to […]
The New York State Court of Appeals issued a decision today interpreting New York Insurance Law to permit what are known as Stranger Oriented Life Insurance transactions (also known as “STOLI” or “SOLI”). In a typical STOLI transaction, an elderly individual is approached by an investor with the following proposal: The individual takes out an insurance […]
What are the halachic results of neglecting to plan an estate according to halacha? Teshurat Shai (R. Solomon Leib Tabak, Hungary, 1832-1908), chapter 159 (cited by Pitchei Choshen, Hilchot Yerushah, Chapter 1, fn 4), addressed the following situation. A man died survived by a son and four daughters. Pursuant to local law, the decedent’s estate was divided […]
Today’s election is widely seen as a referendum on the Democrat controlled Congress and first two years of Obama’s presidency, and specifically, the Democrats’ handling of the economy and the legislative agenda they pursued. The theoretical question for this blog today, and a theme I hope to return to in the future: What is the […]
A recent decision from a New York State Supreme Court illustrates the importance of following proper procedure when arbitrating in Bais Din. In that case, a homeowner’s insurance company sued a Bais Yaakov school, alleging that work done to expand the school building had damaged their insured’s property, requiring the insurance company to pay substantial claims to its […]
